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Ammonia Very Short Ans Concise Class-10 ICSE Chemistry Selina Solutions Chapter-9
| Board | ICSE |
| Book / Publication | Concise / Selina |
| Subject | Chemistry |
| Class | 10th |
| Writer | Dr SP Singh |
| Chapter-9 | Study of Compounds – Ammonia |
| Topics | Very Short Ans |
| Edition | 2025-2026 |
Very Short Answer Questions on Ammonia
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Que-1: Name:
(a) The gas which is prepared by Haber’s process
(b) Two gases which give dense white fumes with ammonia
(c) One salt of ammonia in each case which is used in :
(i) Dry cell (ii) explosives (iii) medicine.
(d) An acidic gas which reacts with basic gas liberating a neutral gas.
(e) A metallic chloride soluble in ammonium hydroxide.
(f) The gas obtained when ammonia burns in an atmosphere of oxygen without any catalyst.
(g) A nitride of a divalent metal which reacts with warm water liberating ammonia.
(h) An amphoteric oxide reduced by the basic gas.
(i) A white salt produced by an acid gas and a basic gas.
(j) The gas that burns in oxygen with a green flame.
(k) The gas produced when excess ammonia reacts with chlorine.
(l) The white crystalline solid that is soluble in water. It liberates a pungent smelling gas when heated with sodium hydroxide solution.
(m) An alkaline gas which produces dense white fumes when reacted with HCl gas.
Ans:
(a) Ammonia
(b) Hydrogen chloride and chlorine gas.
(c) (i) Ammonium chloride
(ii) Ammonium nitrate
(iii) Ammonium carbonate
(d) Acidic gas: HCl
Basic gas: Ammonia
Neutral gas: NH4Cl
(e) Silver chloride
(f) Nitrogen
(g) Magnesium nitride
(h) Lead oxide
(i) Ammonium chloride
(j) Ammonia (NH3)
(k) Nitrogen 8NH3 [excess] + 3Cl2 ⟶ 6NH4Cl + N2
(l) Ammonium salts like ammonium chloride, ammonium sulphate
(m) Ammonia gas NH3 + HCl ⟶ NH4Cl
Que-2: Fill in the blank from the choices given in brackets:
(a) Ammonia gas is collected by …………. [upward displacement of air, downward displacement of water downward displacement of air].
(b) Ammonia reacts with excess chorine to form …………… (nitrogen / nitrogen trichloride / ammonium chloride).
Ans:
(a) Downward displacement of air.
(b) Ammonia reacts with excess chlorine to form nitrogen trichloride
NH3 + 3Cl2 [excess] ⟶ 3HCl + NCl3
Que-3: Complete the blanks (i) to (v) in the passage given using the following words. [Ammonium, reddish brown, hydroxyl, nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, dirty green, alkaline, acidic].
In the presence of a catalyst, nitrogen and hydrogen combine to give (i) ………. gas. When the same gas is passed through water, it forms a solution which will be (ii) ………… in nature and will contain the ions (iii) ………… and (iv) ………… A (v) …………coloured precipitate of iron [H] hydroxide is formed when the above solution is added to iron [II] sulphate solution.
Ans:
(i) Ammonia
(ii) Alkaline
(iii). Ammonium
(iv) Hydroxyl
(v) Dirty green
Que-4: Name the gas evolved when the following mixtures are heated are;
(a) Calcium hydroxide and Ammonium Chloride
(b) Sodium Nitrite and Ammonium Chloride
Ans:
(a) Ammonia
(b) Nitrogen
Que-5: Name a compound prepared by ammonia and is used as:
(a) Explosive
(b) Fertilizers
(c) Medicine
(d) Laboratory reagent
Ans:
(a) Explosive: ammonium nitrate
(b) Medicine: ammonium carbonate
(c) Fertilizers: ammonium sulphate
(d) Laboratory reagent: ammonia solution
Que-6: From the list of gases – ammonia, ethane, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen sulphide, select the gas which is used as a reducing agent in reducing copper oxide to copper.
Ans: Ammonia (NH3)
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